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Search crews with Houston-based Black Elk Energy found Ellroy Corporal’s body Saturday night, DNR Offshore, a staffing firm based in the Philippines, said in a news release Monday.

Black Elk, the company that owns the rig, has vowed to continue searching for a second missing worker, which DNR identified as Jerome Malagapo.

DNR said the four workers still being treated for severe burns at Baton Rouge General Hospital are also their employees. All six are Filipino.

Doctors in the hospital’s burn ward said in a news release Monday afternoon that those employees’ conditions remained largely the same. Two of the workers are in critical condition, one is in serious condition and a fourth, Wilberto Illagan, has demonstrated improvement and is in good condition.

“Tell my countrymen to pray for us and our quick recovery,” Illagan said in his second statement since the accident. “And that our caregivers are always with us, and they are very kind to us.”

All six men were working for the Galliano-based company Grand Isle Shipyard when the explosion occurred.

The cause of Friday’s fire, which resulted in minor injuries to 11 other workers and forced nine others to evacuate, is uncertain. Initial reports by U.S. Coast Guard officials said workers triggered the explosion while using a cutting torch, but Grand Isle Shipyard officials disputed that account in a statement released Sunday.

“Initial reports that a welding torch was being used at the time of the incident or that an incorrect line was cut are completely inaccurate,” CEO Mark Pregeant said in the statement.

Federal officials with multiple agencies are investigating the explosion, according to The Associated Press.

<p>An oilfield staffing company has released the names of the worker who was killed and the worker who is still missing after Friday's oil platform explosion in the Gulf.</p><p>Search crews with Houston-based Black Elk Energy found Ellroy Corporal's body Saturday night, DNR Offshore, a staffing firm based in the Philippines, said in a news release Monday.</p><p>Black Elk, the company that owns the rig, has vowed to continue searching for a second missing worker, which DNR identified as Jerome Malagapo.</p><p>DNR said the four workers still being treated for severe burns at Baton Rouge General Hospital are also their employees. All six are Filipino. </p><p>Doctors in the hospital's burn ward said in a news release Monday afternoon that those employees' conditions remained largely the same. Two of the workers are in critical condition, one is in serious condition and a fourth, Wilberto Illagan, has demonstrated improvement and is in good condition.</p><p>“Tell my countrymen to pray for us and our quick recovery,” Illagan said in his second statement since the accident. “And that our caregivers are always with us, and they are very kind to us.”</p><p>Jose Cuisia Jr., ambassador to the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., visited the hospital Monday.</p><p>All six men were working for the Galliano-based company Grand Isle Shipyard when the explosion occurred. </p><p>The cause of Friday's fire, which resulted in minor injuries to 11 other workers and forced nine others to evacuate, is uncertain. Initial reports by U.S. Coast Guard officials said workers triggered the explosion while using a cutting torch, but Grand Isle Shipyard officials disputed that account in a statement released Sunday.</p><p>“Initial reports that a welding torch was being used at the time of the incident or that an incorrect line was cut are completely inaccurate,” CEO Mark Pregeant said in the statement.</p><p>Federal officials with multiple agencies are investigating the explosion, according to The Associated Press.</p><p>Friday's explosion garnered national news attention and comparisons to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.</p><p>This platform, however, was “shut-in” and not producing oil, so experts said there won't likely be any major environmental disaster.</p><p>A thin sheen was reported Friday afternoon, but Coast Guard reports indicate it disappeared by Saturday evening.</p><p>Staff Writer Matthew Albright can be reached at 448-7635 or at matthew.albright@dailycomet.com.</p>